Poornima Indrajith

Poornima Indrajith (née Poornima Mohan) is an Indian actress and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. She debuted as child artist with the Malayalam film Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare in 1986.^[1] Her last film before marriage was Dany in 2001.^[2] She made a comeback in 2019 film Virus which was critically acclaimed and a box office success.^[3]

Poornima Indrajith
Poornima at the 60th Filmfare Awards South
Born	Poornima Mohan Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Other names	Anu
Occupations	Actress Television presenter
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Indrajith Sukumaran ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2 (including Prarthana Indrajith)
Relatives	Sukumaran (father-in-law) Mallika Sukumaran (mother-in-law) Prithviraj Sukumaran (brother-in-law)

Early and personal life

Poornima Indrajith was born to Mohan and Shanthi, in a Tamil family that settled in Kerala. Her mother tongue is Tamil. Her father is a practicing lawyer and her mother runs a dance school.^[4] She has a younger sister Priya Mohan, who is also an actress.^[5]

Poornima is married to actor Indrajith Sukumaran.^[6] She has two daughters^[7][8] including singer Prarthana Indrajith.^[9] She is the daughter-in-law of the late Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran. Prithviraj Sukumaran is her brother-in-law.

Career

Poornima started her career as a model and then acted in a Successful Tamil TV serial Kolangal. She then acted in many TV serials in Malayalam Television serial industry. Following this she acted in supporting roles in movies, including Meghamalhar (2001), Valliettan (2000) and Randam Bhavam (2001).^[10][11]

After 17 years, she made a comeback with Virus which was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.^[12][3]

Filmography

Poornima with husband Indrajith Sukumaran at 60th Filmfare Awards South

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

As actor

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

List of Poornima Indrajith film credits as actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare	Deepamol's classmate	Child artist	[1]
1995	Sipayi Lahala	Office Staff
1997	Innalekalillaathe	Maya		[13]
	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Latha	Tamil film Remake of Aniyathipraavu
1999	Cotton Mary	Receptionist	English film
2000	Valliettan	Lakshmi		[14]
	Varnakkazhchakal	Sridevi/Cheeru		[14]
2001	Dany	Madavi		[2]
	Meghamalhar	Rekha		[15]
	Unnathangalil	Julie		[16]
	Randaam Bhavam	Akhila		[17]
	Naranathu Thampuran	Sridevi		[18]
2019	Virus	Dr. Smrithy Bhaskar		[19]
2022	Cobalt Blue	Sister Mary	Hindi film	[20]
2023	Thuramukham	Umma (Pathu)		[21]
	Kaala Paani	Swasti Shaw	Hindi web series	[22]
2024	Oru Kattil Oru Muri †	TBA		[23]

Television

Television shows as host

List of Poornima Indrajith television show credits as host

Year	Program	Channel	Language	Notes	Ref.
1998	Pepsi Top Ten	Asianet	Malayalam	Reality show
1998	Your Choice	Asianet	Malayalam	Game show
1998	Hi-Power Dubai Telequiz	Asianet	Malayalam	Game show
2008	Mega Swarna Mazha	Surya TV	Malayalam	Reality show
2009	Amul Sangeetha Mahaayudham	Surya TV	Malayalam	Reality show
2010	Amul Sangeetha Mahaayudham 2	Surya TV	Malayalam	Reality show
2011–2012	Kadha Ithu Vare	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Talk show	[24]
2014	Idavelayil	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Talk show
2016–2017	Kuttikalodano Kali?	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Reality Show	[25]
2017	Fashion Notes	Vanitha Online	Malayalam	Talk show
2017	Get Stylish	Kappa TV	Malayalam	Talk show
2017–2018	Made for each other season 2	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Reality Show
2018	North American Film Awards – NAFA 2018	Asianet	Malayalam	Award Show

Television shows as judge

List of Poornima Indrajith television show credits as a judge

Year	Program	Channel	Language	Notes	Ref.
2008	Vanitha Ratnam	Amrita TV	Malayalam	Reality show
2015	Ugram Ujwalam	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Reality show	[26]
2019	The Dream Design	Vanitha Fashion	Malayalam	Special show (Jury /Model)
2023	Ente Amma Supera	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Reality show	[27]
2023–present	Kidilam	Mazhavil Manorama	Malayalam	Reality show	[28]

Television serials

List of Poornima Indrajith television credits

Year	Serial	Channel	Language	Notes	Ref.
2000–2001	Nizhalukal	Asianet	Malayalam		[29]
2002	Peythozhiyathe	Surya TV	Malayalam	Breakthrough role as Yamini	[29]
2002–2004	Oomakkuyil	Surya TV	Malayalam		[30]
2003–2004	Sthree Oru Santhwnam	Asianet	Malayalam	Breakthrough role as Kanchana	[29]
2007–2009	Kolangal	Sun TV	Tamil	Tamil debut as Meenu (Menaka) and Chellamma Dual role	[29]